Yeah, the few times I've been there without signing in and had to deal with ads and popups left me wondering how anyone with a "free" account could put up with it.

Yesterday they sent me an email with a new offer... to let me pay the $300/yr - monthly - LOL!

An Exclusive Offer Just for You!

From Photobucket
To tdrake@
Date Thu 5:42 PM

You Spoke, We Listened.

Photobucket is now offering a monthly plan

Congratulations! You're part of Photobucket's Elite Beta Group! You have been hand selected out of millions of users to be an essential part of our team of influencers. Best part so far? We have created a monthly option for our Plus 500 Plan. And YOU get the first crack at it. It's only available from the link below, so click below to get started!

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For more detailed information, please refer to Photobucket’s Terms of Use.

Wow! I am part of Photobuckets "Elite Beta Group!" !!! I feel sooooo special! Lemme get that checkbook out now! LOL

Fuck'em.

Again, a heads up... the clock is ticking on this board. Grab any photos you want, when they're gone, they're gone and so are we.

Moving forward, new and legacy free account users will NOT have third partyhosting available.

If you were a Plus Account subscriber in good standing as of June 1, 2017,
you will continue to have all the privileges you have enjoyed including 3rd
Party Hosting until December 31, 2018 as long as you maintain your
subscription.

Non Plus 500 Account subscribers that purchased after June 1, 2017 will not
have access to 3rd Party Hosting.